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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1646, 27 February 1886, Page 2

It is understood that before leaving Auckland, probably on Friday evening Sir Julius Vogel, as Chairman of the Government Insurance Association, will address a specially convened meeting of policy holders^ in the Association. It is rumored in certain quarters that Sir Julius Vogel intends contesting the Te Aro seat at the next election. Mr F. H. Fraser is almost certain to stand, as well as the present member, Mr Ci J.. Johnston. If Sir Julius enters the lists, there-will bean exciting contest. ■ " Puff'Yin the Wellington Yrets says thas at the conversazione to welcome Cardinal Mdran, Mrs Leo Hunter, on being introduced to Cardinal • Moran : "Where are yon staying, your Eminence? I should like to call on lira .Mpran!" ;.,.- Who is S'H, W. H., f alraeratpn North. 1 ? He or she has been frying jo solve the £5 riddle in the Evening rreis. Thus writes the puzzle editor :— H.W. fit., Palmerston North, writes to say that- he" has ' '.' worried over the wretched £5 riddle until he fought lie would have to be recorded as ? anp^her lunatic from VVang'anui,'" but can make pp^hjng of it. He sends iis in return, a puggfe, a piece of paper which we are to cut into " four equal parts of the same^ghape and size." We don't see how they could be equal parts without being of the same size, and we don't see ra net) difficulty in cutting them the same shape. But our business is to propound riddles, not to solve them. H. W. H. asks ten shillings for his puzzle. If he will send us the correct answer to our Riddle, we will send him £4 10s and cry quits. The Poverty Bay Herald writes:— '• Times must be very dull in Gisborne just now, as they can have little or nothbing to do, as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, whose office is near that of the Herald, and who certainly knows more about ' horses than ))8 <fceg about law, devoted tho greater part of to-day in sending into the Herald office any man he could persuade to inquire the price and other paticulars of a buggy advertised for sale. Over sixty men were had in this way, including a lot of business people, some of whom were fetched from their premises for the purpose. On comiag in each applicant was handed an open envelope containing this note "what a fool you must be to. be had by' the larrikin lawyer! Cgigned} 'William Smith. 1 After reading .this they w«fe referred to Mr Nolan for turther paticu. lars.", ' ;